Improvement in shirt-cuffs



. NQIMBIYS, Patented March 3,1874.

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UNITED STATES AMOS F. CHASE, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT OFFICE. r

y IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRT-CUFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 148,173, dated March 3, 1874; application filed I February 2, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos F. CHASE, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shirts, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to Whichmy invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing` forming a part of this specitcation, in Which- Figure 1 is a side view ofthe sleeve With the entf turned down. Fig. 2 is a view of the same With the cuff turned back, exposing the Wristband. Fig. 3 is a plan of the cuff detached. Fig. 4 is a view of the cuff and Wristband detached from the sleeve. Fig. 5 is a plan of the cuil' and Wristband Without the sleeve.

Like letters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing.

My invention relates more especially to the entf of the shirt; and consists in a cuff attached to the sleeve back of or above the Wristband or short cuff, the object being to prevent it from becoming easily soiled, and to -enable it to be more readily and conveniently turned back upon the sleeve, Whenever desirable, than the Ordin ary cuff, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

The eXtreme simplicity of my invention renders an elaborate description unnecessary.

In Fig. 1, A is the sleeve, B B the'cuft', and C C 'the Wristband. The cuff is formed of two thicknesses or pieces of linen, stitched together in the usual manner, and is connected to the upper edge or top of the Wristband by a stay or ilexible hinge of the same material,

down, one end of the same will extend intov the placket D, or pass under that end of the cuff. After the Wristband is buttoned, the loose end of the cuff formed by the placket should be tucked between the fast end of the v cuff and the Wristband, by Which a much more perfect jointure or connection Will be formed at that point than Where the cuff is attached to the sleeve by buttons or studs. When it is desired to turn the cuff back upon the sleeve for the purpose of Washin g the hands, or 0therwise, all that is necessary is to remove the cuff-button; but Where the cuff is attached to the sleeve in the ordinary manner, it is also necessary to remove the sleeve-stud, or it Will be reversed or turned upside down When the cuff is folded back, rendering it uncomfortable to the Wearer, and also Wrin kling the cuff.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination of the cuff B and sleeveband C, When constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

AMOS F. CHASE. Witnesses:

C. A. SHAW, OHARLEs LETTs. 

